Feed-bag.



, N6. 761,662. PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904.

FEED BAG. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

FEED-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,662, dated June *7, 1904.

. Application filed November 6, 1902. Serial No. 130,300. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown thatI, WILLIAM OooK, acitizen of the United States, residing in the borough of feeding and which has sanitary advantages.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in-

Figure 1 is side View of the feed-bag attached to the horses'head, showing the horse with lowered head in the act of feeding, the mouth of the bag open, and the draw-cord slack. Fig. 2 'is a similar view showing the head of the horse raised, the mouth of the bag closed, and the draw-cord drawn taut.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the feed-bag and closing devices. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the feed-bag. Fig. 5 is a sectional view'of'a gromet for the folds. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing means of attaching the canvas tube or side part of the bag to the bottom, and Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views of the adjusting and looking device.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. 7 v

The side A of the feed-bag, which is made ofv canvas or other flexible material and constructed in the form of a tube, is turned inside out and placed with its lower end or edge upward and encircling the bag-bottom B and is secured thereto by wire W or other material, which is wound around the portion of the side A adjacent to the periphery of the bottom-and opposite a grooveV, formed therein. The I side A is then turned right side out, thereby making a fold F at its lower end or edge, which encircles the periphery of the bottom B. L By reference to Figs. 4: and 6 of the drawings it' will be observed that the bottom B is provided in its peripheral edge with an annular groove located at a point between the upper and lower faces of the bottom, and, furthermore, the peripheral edge of said bottom is flared upwardly from a point above the groove to the top face of said bottom. The wire or cord Wis wrapped tightly around the folded lower edge of the body A and the peripheral edge of the bottom B, and this wire or cord serves as a binder for frictionally holding the body and the bottom together. The flaring surface at the peripheral edge of the bottom is advantageous, because the bottom is prevented from being forced out of the body by the weight of the contents in the feedbag or by pressure applied to the bottom or by a pull on the body. The improved means for connecting the body and the bottom is eX- tremely, simple and eflicient in construction, because it dispenses with tacks or nails and produces a construction wherein the bottom cannot be forced accidentally out of the body.

The bottom B is made concave or dish shaped for the purpose of causing the feed contents of the bag to accumulate at the'center of the bottom and is made of non-absorbent material, so as not to retain the saliva from the mouth of the horse or other objectionable matter thatwould cause disease, and is also provided with conical perforations P,'as shown, for the purpose of allowing the dust in the feed to escape and at the same time afford ventilation, the perforations beingmade with the base of the cone downward.-

The under side of the bottom B is provided with a flange or rim L, as shown, or other projections may be used for making contact with the ground, and thereby keeping the perforations formed in the center or main part of the bottom B raised clear from dirt and other objectionable matter when the bag is placed on the ground.

The side A is provided with two or more folds or gathers D, which are held in position by gromets M, inserted and secured near the top of each fold. A draw-cord O is passed through'the gromets M, throughthe eye E of asnap-hook K, and through the holes O O in the adjusting and locking device J. The feed-bag being placed on the head of the horse andv held by the flat suspending-strap and the snap-hook being attached to the horse-collar I00 sorted and secured an oval-shaped gromet D,

and the draw-cord O being adjusted to the l proper length by means of the device J, as shown in Fig. 1, when the horse raises its head in order to get at the feed remaining in the bottom of the feed-bag. the tension thereby exerted will cause the draw-cord to draw the folds D together, and thereby close the mouth of the bag tightly around the nose of the horse and prevent the feed from spilling out of the bag, as shown in Fig. 2.

The adjusting and locking device J is a T- shaped plate with two holes 0 in the long part, one above the other, and two holes 0' in the cross part, one beside the other. The drawcord C is passed through the gromets M, the holes 0, the eye E in the snap-hook, and the holes 0, and the ends of the cord are knotted to prevent their being pulled through the holes 0, as shown in Fig. 7. The holes O are of the same diameter as the cord C, so that the cord C is held by friction after being adjusted at the proper length, and when tension is exerted on the draw-cord the construction of the device J and the position into which it is forced are such that the cord will bind or be locked and prevented from slipping through the holes O.

On each side at the top of the bag is inthrough which are passed the ends of the flat head-strap S, which ends are folded and secured so as to prevent their being drawn through the gromets 1).

Instead of the folds l) and gromets M, as shown, for closing the mouth of the bag rings or plates or extensions provided with holes attached to the side of the bag, through which to pass the draweord, may be used without avoiding my invention.

1 claim as my invention 1. A feed-bag having a bottom provided with an upwardly-flared edge portion, and a binder arranged to hold the lower portion of the bag frictionally on the flared edge of the body, whereby displacement of the bottom in t one direction tends to wedge said bottom in the bag and the binder.

2. A feed-bag having a bottom provided with a peripheral groove and with an inclined edge which flares upwardly from the groove, and a binder trictionally conlining the lower edge portion of the body in engagement with the grooved and flared edge of the bottom;

relative movement of the bottom and the body tending to wedge the bottom in the body and the binder.

3. A teed-bag having folds and gromets at its open portion, a d raw-cord threaded through said gromets and adapted to contract. the open portion of said bag, and an attaehing deviee connected to said draw-cord.

4:. In a feed-bag, two or more folds in the side of the bag and a draw cord passing through each fold and provided with means for attachment to a horse-collar, and also provided with an adjusting and loeking deviee, substantially as shown and deseribed.

5. In a feed-bag, a draw-cord. means pro vided on or in the side of the bag through which to pass the draw-cord, means For adjusting and locking the draw-cord. and means for attaching the draw-cord to a horse-eollar and provided with an eye for the dra\\eord, for the purpose described.

6. A feed-bag having two or more l'olds held in place individually by gromets, a drawcord passing through said gromets ot said folds, and a snap-hook provided with an eye for the reception of said drmv-cord.

7. A feed-bag having two or more folds in the side of the bag, a draw-cord passing t'reely through each fold, and means for attaching said draw-cord to a horse-collar, said attaching means being provided with an eye for the tree play of the draw-cord therethrough.

Witnesses:

(hmunns l'lANHIANN, \VILLIAM Ull'llS. 

